I have always liked mental damage having different effects than physical.
Well, now we have it for our Savage Worlds.
I have added another Crit Chart that can be used for all mental type attacks: psychic damage, fear, insanity, etc.
Just like I tied the Physical Crit chart in with the Incapacitation Chart, I have done the same with this and tied it into the new Sanity system I would like to adopt.
I have a thread on the Weird West Forums as to why I would like to use it there, but I saw a use for it on all games. Even fantasy ones. Clearly you won't be going as insane as often in a Fantasy game, BUT now all those powers with psychic type effects can actually do something cool - mess with the victim's mind. Besides, I like this better than the Fear Table from SWD.
What this means is ALL PCs will now have a Sanity score and can suffer Madness (like wounds).
Anyway - see the new page I have developed for it. Tell me what you think.
(Reminder: At this stage, like other critical charts, this one is for Savage Worlds. I will one day do a SW-SIF conversion of all the crit charts, but it still works the same - it is only the names of Traits that may change).
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